The Annual Annals of Peculiar Valentines

Games, toys, delicacies of the sea…this year’s gift selection for Happy Heart Day doesn’t disappoint. After making the annual search for weird and wondrous love bombs, four seemed to rise to the top, with a few honorable mentions not far behind.

Trying to Connect

Photo via Etsy

Romantic but probably more annoying than the original: personalized Connect Four (sorry, Hasbro; “four across”) boards.

Customized and framed Scrabble (R) boards (which we can say?) are also available, as are personalized “tumbling towers.”

Love your Lungs & Larynx

Photo via iheartguts.com

If your partner is in the medical or biology field, or just in need of emotional support from anatomically correct plushies, I Heart Guts has you covered with an array of coupled-up organs. Get heady with the Brain and Pituitary pair, or say “I care about your urinary health” with the Kidney — Bladder combo.

Fish Market Flirtations

Saito Fisheries via otakei.otakuma.net

For the pescatarian in your life, Saito Fisheries in Tokyo, Japan has created a box of edible sea urchins (or uni) with heart.

To stick with the more traditional crustacean aphrodisiac, The Maine Oyster Company offers a Valentine’s Day bundle, complete with mignonette and shucking knife.

Wafer-thin Wooing

Photo via soranews.com

Since no Valentine’s Day is complete without at least a reference to chocolate, KitKat Japan has introduced KitKat bears, which include conversation-heart-esque messages such as “for u” and “thnx!”

If chocolate really isn’t your thing, KitKat Japan also sells sake, cheesecake, and the intriguing whole grain flavored bar.

Featured image: Maine Oyster Company’s Valentine’s Day bundle

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